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FENCES AND GATES. U 



Mr. Earle's statement: "In building a fence around our young orchard, 

 several rears ago, we tried many plans for preserving the poets. Having 

 occasion to remove the fence this winter, we noted the condition of the poeta 

 as follows: Those set with no preparation 

 were decayed an inch or more in thickness; 

 those coated with a thick wash of lime were 

 better preserved, but were quite seriously 

 attocked by worms; those posts coated with 

 hot tar were perfectly sound aa when first put 

 into the ground; those painted with petroleum 

 and kerosene were equally sound, and as 

 good as new. In future we shall treat all 

 posts in the following manner before setting: 

 Let the posts get thoroughly dry, and then, 

 with a pan of cheap kerosene and a white- 

 wash brush, give the lower third of the post, 

 the part to go into the grotind, two or three 

 good applications of the oil, letting it soak in 

 well each time. Posts so treated will not be 

 troubled by worms or insects of any kind, 



but will resist decay to a remarkable degree. This we find to be the simplest, 

 aaaiest, cheapest, and best method of preservatiou." — CoutUry GeiiilemaH. 



E«sy Bletbod of Taking ITp Po*t«. — Wishing to take up {ettOB posta, 

 which were sound, and standing solid in 

 heavy clay soil baked hard by drouth, a cor- 

 respondent made his head save his muscle: 

 •' I found that by pouring a pail of water 

 around the post it may be very readily 

 loosened by the hand. Then by hooking a 

 chain about it loosely, sHppLng the nooae 

 down as far as possible below the surfitce of 

 the ground, and hooking the other end of 

 the chain around a piece of light scantling, 

 near the center, to act as a lever, the post 

 may be lifted out of its bed very easily." 



A Good Fence. — Raise black walnut 

 posts (Ml the lot where they are wanted. If 

 they grow fast they will do in from five to 

 seven years. The the barb wire. Black walnut injures crops less than 

 almost any other tree. No stock will gnaw or hun it. The roots run straight 

 down, so you can plow against the trunk. It grows straight and tall, and has 

 but few limbs. The working of the tree will not break the wire. Black wal- 

 Brt will pay all expenses in a few years in fruit. 



\*ost and Rail Fences. — TVe give herewith plain directions, with appro- 

 pride sketches, which we think will enable any ordinarily skillful fEum-hand 

 io taake the simple machinery necessary for boring the holes in the poeta, 

 nv./rtifiing them out, pointing the rails, digging the holes in the earth, and 

 putting up a good and substantial raU fence. The posts are 7 1-2 feet long 

 for a six-rail fence, which is the best and most generally used, and 3 to 4 

 inches tliick by 7 to 8 inches wide. These poets are hewn out. The holes in 

 Oie poets arc oblong (up and down the poet), and in size are 2 1-2x6 iachts. 



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